Nothing heardWhile trying to track down the owners I had meetings with city officials and ultimately sat with the planning department to see what the options were regarding the property.

David,I went to our state (WA) official gov website.

This is official and definitive info : https://comptroller.texas.gov/...

I don't buy completed flips and 90% are submitted directly to an off-market not officially for sale landlord owner.   

How about living on a street where nearly every evening for the past two decades, neighbors, adults and children, set up tables and chairs in the middle of a street off the heart of downtown to gather and hang out, but after the neighborhood starts gentrifying, the newly moved in neighbors complain to the city officials to stop the gatherings? 

And for the record, an architect may come up with some great drawings and possibly know the correct framing required, it is not his/her job to officially recommend framing requirements.

Media outlets have reported that “(Federal) public housing officials say they don’t know how long rental assistance payments will keep coming from the government” causing some customers, private landlord partners, elected officials, and community advocates to ask questions about the impact on DC Housing Authority (DCHA) programs.It’s impossible to predict how long the shutdown will continue, however, DCHA will not be affected for at least 90 days.DCHA received HUD’s standard monthly payment on January 2, 2019, ensuring that DCHA’s Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) and public housing program remain fully funded through January.

;) I though you officially retracted your Newburgh-suspicious position a while back on the Newburgh forum, but maybe the cold and some frozen pipes have you down!?

I've even met some city officials that seem to know what they're doing.

As long as they receive some official form of paper that says the property belongs to them then they're happy.